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RFC 7123: Security Implications of IPv6 on IPv4 Networks

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This document discusses the security implications of native IPv6 support and IPv6 transition/coexistence technologies on "IPv4-only" networks and describes possible mitigations for the aforementioned issues.

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Document ID
RFC7123
Published
February 2014
Authors
F. Gont; W. Liu
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
ops
Pages
19
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